domino Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I've had this fascination on grub splashimage the past 48hrs. I guess i'm just tired to the black screen on xloader, fugly text screen on the default grub boot screen, and proprietary images of acronis. I managed to load the following image but I think I can find something better. Maybe one with Linux, OS X, and Windows images on it? Unfortunately I not an artist and for the life of me, can not create the image I need . Anyway, for those interested have a look at this page if you want to use on one for your install. http://www.schultz-net.dk/grub.html http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Splash_image_in_GRUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 As far as I'm aware, GRUB only does a menu, so you're kind of limited as to where the logos could go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 I think you misunderstood. I meant logos representing the 3 operating systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 I did not misunderstand, I failed to understand what you meant completely Where the heck do you need the logos? Do you just want them there, or do you want them relatively close to the menu options corresponding to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Heh, I meant I just need them where the artists pleases. It can't be next to the corresponding OS selection . Just where ever. Even better, If I knew how, I would add an ATI logo also. I try to create my own splashimage from transparent MS, OS X, Linux sources and paste them into a converted xpm to jpg file. Reconverted the jpg image to 14 colors @ 640x480, then converted to xpm and gzipped it. I thought that was simple, but no worky.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Domino, you can't use layered image files. Try it with this single layer tiff image I made. Domino, you can't use layered image files. Try it with this single layer tiff image I made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelcerca Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 i too wanted to change my grub boot menu, here is what i did. this is my current grub boot loader image, sorry the quality from my crt monitor isn't that great: this is the image i used, notice that the image does not have the possible os choices, this is contained somewhere in the code that i have no idea how to use: here are my files, download them here: grubmessage extract the file "message" and the directory "grubmessage" the image you use for your boot loader must be an 800x600 .jpg no bigger than 40KB. now name the file you want for your background "back.jpg" move it to the folder grubmessage. now in terminal: cd /yourdirectory/grubmessage once in that directory run this command "cpio -ov > /yourdirectory/message" then put the outputted message file into the directory /boot/ restart and your bootloader will display your new boot screen this works for me in both suse 10 and suse 10.1 i don't think there is much difference in the variations of grub for the different linux os's, so hopefully this will work for you. please don't blame me if your stuff gets messed up. it took me a while to figure this out, and to get it working right. later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Domino, you can't use layered image files. Try it with this single layer tiff image I made. No, I flatted the image before I saved to jpg and converted. Will check out your tiff and work with that. Thanks! @miguelcerca, I don't think that will work on Ubuntu. From what I have read, the kernel needs to be patched every time I do a kernel update or want to change the image. I thought about using suse's splashimage at one time but I thought it was too complicated to implement. I would love to be able to use your SuSE's splashimage on Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelcerca Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 it seems 7 people have downloaded my grub message, and nobody has left a reply as if it worked, or a simple, wow thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 You shouldn't worry about it. They prolly haven't registered and can't reply. I can't use your image becuase Dapper isn't stable enough to use a kernel for an extended amount of time. It seems that I'm upgrading the kernel and recompiling my ATI drivers almost every other week, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 It looks good Miguel. I currently am running ubuntu also (though I like suse better) but will be installing SLED when it is released and will probably change my grub splash. Actually I'll probably reinstall suse 10.1 this weekend since I have the dvd now. Also check out this one with matching kdm, ksplash, and even kernel bootsplash: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=27871 EDIT: kubuntu instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_toadman Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 i must say miguelcerca, that's a excellent looking splash screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 Thanks for the inspiration miguel. Still want to make it better but takes time to collect just the right clips and background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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